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mournful

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mournful  \Mourn"ful\,  a. 
  Full  of  sorrow;  expressing,  or  intended  to  express,  sorrow; 
  mourning;  grieving;  sad;  also  causing  sorrow;  saddening; 
  grievous;  as  a  mournful  person;  mournful  looks  tones,  loss 
  --  {Mourn"ful*ly},  adv  --  {Mourn"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  Syn:  Sorrowful;  lugubrious;  sad;  doleful;  heavy;  afflictive; 
  grievous;  calamitous. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mournful 
  adj  1:  expressing  sorrow  [syn:  {plaintive}] 
  2:  filled  with  or  evoking  sadness;  "the  child's  doleful 
  expression";  "stared  with  mournful  eyes";  "mournful  news" 
  [syn:  {doleful}]




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